RE-ELECTED Cabonne deputy mayor Anthony Durkin hopes to make progress on vital health services for Canowindra in the next year.
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With only his nomination to check, Cr Durkin joked, “it made it easy”.
“The acting general manager asked me if I wanted the job and I said yes,” he said.
“For me, it was reassuring to know we’re able to function as a team and we’re in a position where councillors have no issue with how I’ve conducted myself.”
Cr Durkin said the council was moving ahead with road upgrades and councillor Libby Oldham had championed an idea to start an art exhibition of Cabonne-based artists.
“One of my election issues was to progress with a walk-in, walk-out health centre for Canowindra with a dentist to assist,” he said.
“We’ve got two years left in this council to do that.”
He also wanted to make progress with upgrades to smaller villages in the next 12 months.
“They’re part of Cabonne, it’s not just Molong and Canowindra getting all the funding,” he said.
It remains unclear when the council will be able to spend the $1 million granted by the federal government for drought relief.
“The guidelines for what the funding can be used for haven’t been defined yet,” he said.
However, he encouraged residents to continue spending at nearby businesses to limit the flow-on effect of the drought downturn.
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